G8A Offered New March Route for 1st Day of G8 Summit
update | 29.06.2005 01:43 | G8 2005 | Globalisation | Repression
Following talks with police, the local authorities have offered G8Alternatives an alternative march route for their planned demonstration at Gleneagles on the first day of the G8 Summit.
The route would be from Tullibardine to Auchterarder, rather than than marching past gleneagles hotel itself.
See map:
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=292500&y=714500&z=3&sv=Tullibardine&st=3&tl=Tullibardine,+Perth+and+Kinross+[City/Town/Village]&searchp=newsearch.srf&mapp=newmap.srf
The route would be from Tullibardine to Auchterarder, rather than than marching past gleneagles hotel itself.
See map:
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=292500&y=714500&z=3&sv=Tullibardine&st=3&tl=Tullibardine,+Perth+and+Kinross+[City/Town/Village]&searchp=newsearch.srf&mapp=newmap.srf Today the Public Petitions Committee agreed to forward the request to march past Gleaneagles hotel to Jack McConnell, the first minister.
Committee convener Michael McMahon said Jack McConnell had indicated he intended "to give a positive response" to the petition.
Mr McMahon said that because of the likely delay in getting the petition to the Scottish Executive leader ahead of next week's summit Mr McConnell's office had contacted him to outline his stance on the issue.
A spokeswoman for the first minister said he had always supported the right to protest and was likely to respond to the petition by First Minister's Questions on Thursday.
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